AÂ phantom thief,
stealing diamonds? The policemen laughed. “Abe woh to angrezi film mein hota
hai.†(“This happens only in English films.â€)
This wasn’t some movie
plot. News of the Opera House heists had travelled across police stations in
South Mumbai: about a thief so cunning that he left no trace; so cunning, in
fact, that the police doubt he even existed.
The case landed on the
desks of Constable Hriday Mishra and Naik Shubash Mali. A robbery had
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